Reading field note / 01
Read a design book through another person’s experience
A useful design question includes someone specific.
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Reading field note / 02
How to disagree with an idea while taking it seriously
Careful criticism can be both direct and fair.
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Game Development
Quickstart Guide to Game Design
Quickstart Guide to Game Design is a beginner-friendly introduction to designing and building small games. It covers the fundamentals of game…
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Special Effects Programming with WebGPU
The world of web development is rapidly evolving, and with it comes the need for more powerful tools to create rich, immersive experiences.…
Uncanny Valley
Debugging The Uncanny Valley
An engaging exploration of why almost-human faces, voices, and movements can feel eerie, unsettling, and strangely wrong.
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101 Blender Scripting Projects (Paperback)
A practical project-driven workbook to learn Blender scripting using Python through 101 hands-on examples.
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Bring the person back into the idea.
The appeal of “Game Engineering” starts with its focus on Game Development. That is fertile territory for a reader ready to move beyond collecting ideas and start making connections. Games bring rules, feedback, and interaction into a single working experience. Give the reading a playful destination: one mechanic or interaction that you can explain, change, and share. Keep a person and a situation in view as you explore. Ask who would use the idea, what they would need to understand, and how their experience could change your interpretation. That human question is a productive creative starting point. Save it for the next time you want to follow the idea further.Take a closer look
More Lovingly / The reading view
An idea is richer when people matter.
Quickstart Guide to Immersive User Experience
The appeal of “Quickstart Guide to Immersive User Experience” starts with its focus on Immersive Design. That is fertile territory for a reader ready to move beyond collecting ideas and start making connections. The most rewarding way into an unfamiliar subject is often a concrete question. Choose an example that matters to you and give the reading a result you can explain or explore. Keep a person and a situation in view as you explore. Ask who would use the idea, what they would need to understand, and how their experience could change your interpretation. That human question is a productive creative starting point. Save it for the next time you want to follow the idea further.Take a closer look
More Lovingly / The reading view
Bring the person back into the idea.
WebGPU API Games: Practical Guide
The appeal of “WebGPU API Games: Practical Guide” starts with its focus on Computers & Technology. That is fertile territory for a reader ready to move beyond collecting ideas and start making connections. WebGPU connects browser-based graphics and computation with highly visible possibilities. Choose a scene, data display, or small parallel task and use it to organise the concepts you want to explore. Keep a person and a situation in view as you explore. Ask who would use the idea, what they would need to understand, and how their experience could change your interpretation. That human question is a productive creative starting point. Worth exploring when you are ready for a fresh reading direction.Take a closer look
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